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july, but so was the unemployment rate. the dueling data left everyone to draw their own conclusions from job seekers to presidential hopefuls. a hot july of getting away from it all for some and worrying about the economy for nearly everyone. today, after three sluggish months, the labor department said that in july, employers added 163,000 jobs-- the most since february. on average, there've been 151,000 jobs added each month this year, but that's still not enough to push down the unemployment rate. and last month, the rate actually ticked up a tenth to 8.3%, as more people reporte...

the administration and democrats are saying, "step up to the table on tax revenues first." >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: science correspondent miles o'brien previews nasa's latest high-risk mission. it's mars or bust for their curiosity rover. >> how many things have to go right? >> a tremendous number. we have 79 different pyro devices that have to go correctly that all have to function. >> all 79 have to fire. >> all 79 have to fire. if one of them doesn't, game over. >> brown: plus, we talk with a new york times columnist whose hunt ...

i think that's the confusing part. >> well, that's because we have two different surveys that are used to report information on what's happening in the labor market. we have a survey of employers, over 400,000 employers that the employment number is drawn from. that's a very large survey and does a reasonably good job at counting net changes in employment in the economy. so we have a smaller survey of about 60,000 households that's used to calculate the unemployment rate and look at some of the demographic characteristics of unemployment, unemployment by schooling, unemployment by et...

>> woodruff: the number of new american jobs was higher in july, but so was the unemployment rate. the dueling data left everyone to draw their own conclusions from job seekers to presidential hopefuls. a hot july of getting away from it all for some and worrying about the economy for nearly everyone. today, after three sluggish months, the labor department said that in july, employers added 163,000 jobs-- the most since february. on average, there've been 151,000 jobs added each month this year, but that's still not enough to push down the unemployment rate. and last month, the rate...

who says he knows exactly where she disappeared. first, as we do every morning, we begin with a look at today's eye opener. "your world in 90 seconds." this storm packed a hurricane wallop without hurricane warning. >> deadly summer storms leave millions of americans in the dark. >> nearly 3 million people remain without power. >> in the middle of a hisric heat wave. >> this morning 20 states are under heat advisories. >> it is brutal. it is hot. at least 17 deaths are being blamed on the storm. >> horrible. >> roberts has changed his views. he withstood a month long desperate ca...